How I Got Rid of My Allergies

I used to be plagued and tormented by all kinds of allergies. When I was a kid, I developed  food allergies. I broke out in hives whenever I had chocolate,  peanuts or tomatoes. As I got older, the food allergies took a backseat to environmental allergies. After taking an allergy test, I found out that I was allergic to grass and tree pollen, flowering trees, mold, all kinds of weeds and my worst offender, dust mites.

And my symptoms were the common allergy symptoms: itchy, watery, and irritated eyes, stuffy nose and sinuses, chronic sinus infections from all the stuffiness, sore throats from the post nasal drip, and debilitating sinus headaches. I was miserable!

When I was sickened by chronic Lyme, my allergy symptoms got worse. The antibiotics that I took helped my sinus infections temporarily.  Allergy relief medications were totally useless.

My true relief came when the season was over!

In the past, this environmentally friendly park would have been off limits for me during allergy season. Today,       I enjoy my morning walks surrounded by the natural beauty and ...the weeds!

But then in 2010, I decided to take a leap of faith and try a new self-help therapy from Germany that I believed could help me. The therapy is called Allergie-Immun - a holistic bio-energetic therapy that corrects imbalances that lead to chronic conditions.  

So, you’re probably wondering, how did I find this therapy?

Out of desperation!

At that time, my younger son had been diagnosed with Lyme and had been taking antibiotics for almost a year with no improvement. So I checked out Lymenet - a site for information and support for those who are suffering from Lyme and other chronic conditions - and followed some bloggers who were taking the Allergie-Immun drops.

The problem was that no one knew exactly how the drops worked. The drops were energized. That means there were frequencies added to them. The  AI website is literally translated from German which makes it a bit awkward to read and a little hard to understand. This was not traditional Western medicine! What sold me on the therapy was the explanation of the cause of chronic conditions and how this therapy can help you to  get your health back. I had a good feeling that this new and revolutionary treatment would work for my son and eventually, for me.

The way it worked was that the user submits a DNA sample (saliva) approximately each month together with current symptoms and health issues.The lab would analyze the sample and send corresponding drops to correct whatever it is disrupting the immune system function at that time. New drops are sent with a personal biochemical and energetic analysis each month. The analysis would reveal chemical, biological and energetic disruptions in the body. And the drops are designed to correct each disruption.

Some bloggers were experiencing weird emotional and physical symptoms, like constant runny noses for months, achy, teary eyes or rashes that seemed to come out of nowhere. This is called a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.

In order for your immune system to get back into tip top shape, a healing crisis (also known as a

Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction) is always inevitable and in a way, necessary. When the immune system starts to correct itself, the toxins, that are making you chronically sick,  are being eliminated from your body.  So what does that mean? Your symptoms will get worse, before they get better. This can take weeks,  months or longer, depending on the severity of your symptoms. My chronic symptoms hung on while I was on the drops. It took me almost two years for me to feel really good.

So was it worth it?

The therapy costs about $450.00. Euros. That winds up being about 500.00 US dollars.

My son was on Allergie-Immun for 1½ years. It has now been 7 years since he was on the therapy, and he is still symptom-free, healthy and active. (See Zack's Healing Story for more info)

I admit, I was in worse shape. It took me three years to be symptom-free plus I needed other therapies such as neural therapy (to help me eliminate the toxins),  heavy metal detox , change of diet, acupuncture and releasing past emotional trauma.

I am happy to say that Allergie-Immun helped to heal my Lyme, the Epstein-Barr virus, and other persistent infections, such as Mycoplasma Pneumonia, Bartonella, Babesia,  and of course, my ALLERGIES!

And I feel very blessed to be healthy again and thinking in a more harmonious, healthier, balanced and even wiser way.

You see, my experience taught me something. The allergens are still out there. Mold grows where it’s dark and damp, weeds are part of our landscape, flowering trees are part of spring and pathogens are just about everywhere!

But I see them differently now.

I see them as just a part of our world. Nothing more and nothing less. They don’t have to bother you. They don’t have to make you suffer.  The weeds, grass, mold, pollen and pathogens  are not out to make you miserable. They don’t have power over you. They don’t have minds and they can’t think.

But we can!

And we have the power to change.

I did.

And it was so worth it!  

For more information,  click Allergie-Immun for the website,  and my posts,  The Allergie-Immun Drops,  An Intro to Allergie- Immun and Decoding Allergie Immun.

"Damn! We're in a Tight Spot!"

Ulysses Everett McGill in O Brother, Where Are Thou? 2000 

O brother, I was in a tight spot alright! Here I was, sitting in Dr. Goodsoul’s office and freaking out over the devastating news that my old infection was re-activated.  And it was from a mosquito bite, no less. Did this mean that mosquitoes could transmit Lyme? Or, was there something in the mosquito’s saliva that somehow triggered the spirochetes to re-enter my bloodstream and cause symptoms?

As of now, there is no scientific evidence proving that mosquitoes can transmit Lyme to humans. But there is published scientific data that shows the presence of the Lyme Bb bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) in mosquitoes as well as tears!

Dr. Lida Mattman, a nominee for the Nobel Prize of Medicine, was a brilliant bacteriologist who devoted close to fifty years researching spirochetes. She was able to extract and study Lyme spirochetes from mosquitoes, gnats, ticks, fleas, as well as urine, semen and blood.

In her revolutionary book, Cell Wall Deficient Form: Stealth Pathogens, she identifies the pleomorphic Bb bacteria as having the ability to convert from a spirochete to other forms, such as the cyst form, the cell-wall deficient form and bio-films. The problem with these “morphed” forms is that they are very hard to treat. The cyst (a tightly coiled sac of spirochetes), the CWD (lacks a cell wall) and the bio-film (which is a colony of cysts) are resistant to many antibiotics.  Dr. Mattman’s research also shows that the CWD or cell-wall deficient bacteria, may be responsible for many chronic illnesses, including Lyme, MS, ALS and Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Goodsoul was very familiar with the “morphed” forms of Lyme and he didn’t waste a minute. He looked at me and said, “You must have ozone irradiation intravenous therapy and you must start as soon as possible. Can you start treatment today?”

I knew nothing about this new therapy but did I have a choice? If Dr. Goodsoul recommended it to me, it must work. And considering all of his other therapies benefited me so far, I knew this was what I had to do. So as his nurse practitioner was prepping me for the IV, Dr. Goodsoul explained that this therapy was actually two therapies in one.

“First, blood is withdrawn and injected into the saline solution. Oxygenated ozone is bubbled into the blood and mixed. Then, this blood solution is exposed to ultra-violet light as it is re-infused into your body.”

Dr.Goodsoul raved how this therapy helps the body to function at a more efficient state. It oxygenates the blood and cytokine* cells so that the body can combat bacteria  (including spirochetes), viruses, parasites, bacterial yeast, and the bio-films. The best part was that there were no side effects. I needed eight weekly treatments to halt the extent of the infection. The procedure lasted about 45 minutes and the only time I experienced a significant herx (die-off reaction) was after the first treatment. I was so spacey that I went through a stop sign on the way home. I arrived home safe but I must admit it was a challenge to keep my mind steady and focused on the road.

My foggy thoughts kept on straying to the AI drops. I knew I had to re-submit my saliva to the allergie-immun lab as soon as possible. But the problem was that my therapy had been finished two months ago. I was worried. Would they honor my original account and not charge me for a whole new course? “Well,” I thought,” there was only one way to find out.”  

So, when I got home, I wrote them a note explaining that I was re-infected, and along with my saliva sample, mailed it to Germany that very day.

Sure enough, about three weeks later, another round of drops had arrived in the mail. The analysis revealed chemical, energetic and biological disruptions. And to my delight, they didn’t charge me any additional fee.

It took just one more round of drops and the completion of the ozone therapy to get my health back to my previous state.  The Lyme is in remission and I’m feeling good again.

Dr. Goodsoul believes that it is possible that mosquitoes and biting flies could transmit Lyme. So do many other LLMD’s. And so do many Lyme patients who can’t recall being bitten by a tick. It’s true that the nymph deer tick is the size of a pinhead. Ticks also secrete an anti-inflammatory into their saliva when they feed. Therefore, many times they go unnoticed.

So far, research and funding is only limited to ticks. This may change in the future. Public awareness and data are the key factors. Suspicious bites from flying insects should not be ignored. If there is enough data, then maybe researchers like Dr. Kerry Clark could open up a whole new can of microscopic worms (aka spirochetes!)

Dr. Kerry Clark, associate professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of North Florida, has devoted his life to researching the cause and transmission of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. He would “love to investigate if wild mosquitoes contain Lyme Borrelia DNA.” But he needs info from YOU!

Send clear digital photos of your bite (put a coin next to the bite for size comparison). Include the date (clipped from a newspaper or magazine) in the photo, a full body shot and a description of your experience and symptoms, if any.

Send data to Dr. Kerry Clark – kclark@unf.edu 

And at the same time, send a copy of your info to the CDC – CDCINFO@cdc.gov  or http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/   and your doctor, too.

It took me three months to get out of my “tight spot.” I will never know if that mosquito that bit me was indeed infected with Lyme. But my gut tells me that this wasn’t an isolated incident. I believe many of us who have been exposed to Lyme in the past are at a higher risk for re-infection.  The good news for me is that the fear of relapse and returning to a chronic state of sickness is fading away.

Now my road to healing will lead me into another path. 

My road to healing will lead me to another dimension.

My road to healing will lead me to answers.

“I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.”

Blind Seer – O Brother, Where Art Thou?

*cytokine - a protein secreted by the lymph cells that affect cellular activity and controls inflammation. (Encarta Dictionary)